According to Olympus, the E300 2 lens kits have come in and my orders are
now being processed in the warehouse.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
omtech@xxxxxxxxx | www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ScottGee1" <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:54 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: E-2 on the way?
>
> Sheesh! From these responses we can apparently say, "Olympus can't
> keep up with demand for their products!"
>
> I sure *hope* this is due to model changeover. If it's not, they need
> to take a hard look at their forecasting models.
>
> FWIW/ScottGee1
>
>
> On 5/25/05, Roger Key <rogerdkey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Seems to be a problem here in Denmark with delivery of the C-8080,
>> perhaps
>> because the lens comes from the E-1 factory (and maybe the magnesium body
>> too?).
>>
>> I was also considering ordering a two-lens E-300 kit, so maybe that would
>> also take longer than the quoted ten days...
>>
>> Roger Key
>>
>> >From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Subject: [OM] Re: E-2 on the way?
>> >Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:24:37 -0400
>> >
>> >
>> >Yeah, I've been waiting 6 weeks on backordered E-300 2 lens kits.
>> >
>> >John Hermanson
>> >Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>> >21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
>> >omtech@xxxxxxxxx | www.zuiko.com
>> >Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:55 PM
>> >Subject: [OM] Re: E-2 on the way?
>> >
>> >
>> > >> The boss said he had plenty of E-300's but
>> > >> had sold his last E-1 about a month ago and Oly had told him
>> > >> that he couldn't order any more.
>> > >
>> > > These rumours have been circulating for the past month or so
>> > > that Olympus is purging the E-1s out of the channels. I have
>> > > two thoughts regarding this:
>> > >
>> > > 1. It's probably true. Manufacturing probably stopped five
>> > > months ago. Olympus has traditionally worked "batch"
>> > > manufacturing and is most likely using the same assembly line
>> > > for the E-300 as they did for the E-1. Once tooling changes,
>> > > it's done.
>> > >
>> > > 2. This "boss" could get E-1s if he wanted to, but he fed you a
>> > > line. Sounds plausable, however, he'd rather sell you the
>> > > camera he has in stock than the one he'd have to special order.
>> > > The E-1 is a tough sell against the 20D. The E-1 is easier to
>> > > sell against the DRebel.
>> > >
>> > > Another clue as to #1 is that a couple months ago Olympus
>> > > off-loaded a ton of Refurbs and Salesman Demos. I don't think
>> > > those are usually touched until the primary assembly line is
>> > > pretty well done putting out FIRST-RUN products. If it's true
>> > > that Refurbs are rehandled on the assembly line (or at least
>> > > through QC) it means that the assembly line was idle.
>> > >
>> > > Oh, and one more:
>> > >
>> > > 3. Olympus America is clueless and pulling off one of their
>> > > normal hairbrained dealer blowoff moves.
>> > >
>> > > AG-cynical-Schnozz
>> > >
>> >
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